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Media AUSTIN, Texas—This
headline has been brought to my attention after the Drudge
Report
posted it on their Web site. It has to do with a new proposal called the
Firearms Protection Act,
being introduced by a Texas lawmaker. The Act makes any federal laws that
may be passed by Congress or imposed by Presidential order which would
ban or restrict ownership of semi-automatic firearms or limit the size
of gun magazines, illegal in the State of Texas.

According
to a January 15, article linked by the Drudge
Report,Republican Rep. Steve Toth says his
measure also calls for felony criminal charges to be filed against any
federal official who tries to enforce any new gun restriction rule in the state.

"If a federal official comes into
the state of Texas to enforce the federal executive order, that person
is subject to criminal prosecution. The bill would make attempting to enforce a federal
gun ban in Texas punishable by a $50,000 fine and up to five years in
prison," Toth said. The
full article can be read here.
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